Two Important Updates...

1. Hello Parents! This Sunday we are starting registration forms at NCC Kids. This will be an opportunity for you to let us know your children's allergies and any preferences you have concerning our policies. We want to serve you and your kids well, and we want to follow best practice to keep you, your kids, and NCC safe.

The forms won't take long to fill out - you can pick one up as you drop your kids off and then return it when you pick them up at the end of the meeting, or you can just fill them out before or after the meeting. Thank you!

2. Starting this Sunday we will be serving coffee and snacks from 9:30 am - 9:50 am. At 9:50 am we will put the coffee and food away... don't worry, we will bring the coffee and snacks back out at 11:30 am. We love to serve food and coffee at our gatherings as it creates a great atmosphere for fellowship, but we also want to make room for others to connect with Jesus and His church. The new folks are very good at getting into the auditorium at 10 am and we believe this will help us all be there with them. Thanks!

Sam Poe Traveling to Chicago

Hello NCC,

As many of you know Sam Poe travels around to many of the Newfrontiers churches in the U.S. and abroad. This week he will be traveling to Chicago to be with Destination Church, a relatively knew church plant, to lay some biblical foundations. Please pray for his time there... He has given us a few prayer points...

'On Friday I will share in a meeting with their leadership team. Saturday will be an all day seminar on prophecy along with a meeting core leadership team to lay plans toward the development of prophetic ministry in the church. On Sunday I will be preaching at their main meeting. That evening I return home. David Harrington will be joining with me there in Chicago. I especially want us to pray that God would use us to impart something of prophetic ministry and foundations to the church there.'

Thanks!

Family Fun Night at McCarver!

Serving at McCarver Elementary

McCarver Elementary is a school on hilltop that we've adopted and are committed to serving. Here are three ways to get involved:

1. Family Fun Nights: Spend time with McCarver families at their monthly Family Fun Nights. Volunteers would either assist teachers as they do activities with students in the classroom or help provide childcare for 2-4-year-olds. The first Family Fun night is Thursday, October 27 from 5:30-7:30 PM.

2. Filling Backpacks - Each Friday a small group goes to McCarver around 9:30AM to fill backpacks with food for the weekend. It's very easy and takes about an hour. It's a great chance to connect with other people from the church and with McCarver parents. You can do as many or as few Fridays as you want/are able to.

3. Recess Monitoring: A chance to run around with the students during recess. You could monitor the swing, the playground, or a rousing game of soccer. Pick a day of the week or several days a month you can commit to, and show up ready for fun from 11:30AM to 1:20PM.

To get involved contact Jessica Cohoe (jesscohoe@gmail.com or 253-376-6819).

Baptisms and BBQ

Join us on Sunday, October 2, 6 pm, at Central Lutheran Church for BBQ and Baptisms as we celebrate what God has done among us! If you are interested in being baptized, contact Bo Noonan.

As for the BBQ, New Community will provide the meat & buns, plates, drinks, cups & utensils. We're asking everyone to bring a dish to share based on their last name: Side Dish (A-M), Dessert (N-Z).

Please RSVP to Michael Gray.

Ladies Night Out Details

Come join the ladies at the Church at Cedar Springs on Friday, September 23. Take the time to get to know each other and enjoy finger foods and entertainment. The night will end with worship and prayer. Free lattes from 6:30-7 with activities from 7-9PM. Let us know on a connect card if you want to carpool to the Cedar Springs building in Graham (13314 224th St. E., Graham, WA 98338).

First Friday - Sept 9th

As Summer comes to a close, not weather wise of course, there is a real sense that as a church we are entering into a new season! It was a very exciting Summer at NCC as we blessed Tacoma, saw many new people join the church, and enjoyed some good old-fashioned fellowship!

I want to strongly encourage you to come this Friday to Central Lutheran at 6 pm for First Friday. We will spend quite a bit of time talking about Community Groups and the way forward through the Fall and Winter. Not to mention, we will eat together, worship together and pray together.

Please do RSVP so we know how much food to have. Really hope to see you all there!